Stephen Colbert thanks Reddit readers for Donors Choose response

It’s rare that Stephen Colbert steps (mostly) out of character to address his fans directly. But when fans raise over $140K in two days for one of his favorite charities, Donors Choose, he definitely appreciates it. Here’s a letter that was sent directly to Reddit to address the Colbert Rally community there.

If you didn’t catch all of the Reddit memes dropped in this letter, go over to Urlesque.com, who has links to virtually all of the references.

Since the letter was posted, the amount raised has leaped to $219,620, from 5,412 Colbert Nation donors and reaching 59,354 students!! Again, way to go Nation! And as for that photo proof that Reddit talked about? It looks a little something like this.

Comments

Glad to see how much is being raised! What a wonderful way to make your voice heard- by helping others! There aren’t many people who could instll such a response. Colbert fans have proved time and again thar they are unique in their devotion and generous in their donation! I imagine it is quite humbling and an honor to see good being done in your name. Happy to see Stephen’s recognition of thanks– written using what I would assume are reddit references (I’ll be honest, I am not familiar with the site!) and the very cute out of character pic is icing in the cake!